Gene Simmons is providing rock ‘n’ roll followers the possibility of a lifetime on his upcoming solo tour: For simply $12,495, they are often his roadie and private assistant at a gig (live performance ticket not included, however you do get a bass out of the deal). Across the time JoJo Siwa launched an identical initiative, the KISS co-founder defended his private roadie promotion with the next argument: As a child he’d at all times questioned what the rock-star life was like behind the scenes, and no person has ever tried one thing like this earlier than, so why not see the way it goes? That line of reasoning, nonetheless, doesn’t deal with the expertise’s exorbitant worth.
Simmons mentioned the monetary facet of the Private Assistant/Band Roadie Expertise in a brand new interview with Carl Craft of 95.9 The Rat in Level Nice, NJ, blaming the excessive worth level on insurance coverage prices. Right here’s how he defined it, as transcribed by Blabbermouth:
Right here’s the deal: once I was a child and I went to see [Jimi] Hendrix or any person, in fact I loved the present and actually acquired off on it — we talked about it without end and stuff — however I didn’t know what it was like. What’s the start of the day like? What’s it like to take a seat and have breakfast or lunch with my favourite rock stars, after which get within the limo, go to the gig, arrange the drums, do soundcheck after which be on stage together with your video, ’trigger these days all the pieces’s on video. You may’t take a poop with out a digicam coming in underneath the stall. And then you definately get pulled up on stage to sing together with them. Now, having mentioned that, we solely do one roadie for a day per present. And I’ll let you know why — as a result of these days all the pieces is so litigious. That’s an enormous phrase, like gymnasium. Which means everyone sues everyone for no cause. So should you get a paper reduce, any person will get sued. And that’s simply the way in which life is right here in America — far more in California, by the way in which. It’s loopy out right here. So, I can’t even, if I needed to, deliver out do roadie for a day with 10, 20, 30, as many individuals [as we would like]. So we do one, as a result of the insurance coverage prices for which might be astronomical. And so this ain’t low cost. It’s not for everyone. And for that one individual, you do should pay premium numbers. That’s simply life.
Simmons later added, “Anyone has a foul expertise they usually sue you and it prices you lots of of hundreds of {dollars}. You want insurance coverage for all the pieces. Do you have got a automotive? You’ve acquired insurance coverage. Every thing in life, apparently… Actually, you purchase something — a instrument — they provide you insurance coverage. Would you just like the one-year or three-year? Every thing’s insured.” You may see the interview under.
